12. PYRRHURA. 22.'} 



Scl. 8f Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 112, n. 42 (1873) ; Sclat. 



$ Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 299 ; Took. Orn. Per. iii. p. 202, Tabl. 



p. 99 (1880) ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mies. Nut. Hist. ii. p. 203 (1889). 

 Microsittace melanura, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zvol. 1854, p. 150 



n. 58. 

 Pyrrhura melanura, Bp. Naumannia, 1850, Cmisp. Psitt. n. 38 ; 



G. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 148, n. 8127 (1870) ; Bchnw. Journ. 



f. Orn. 1881, p. 330 {Consp. Psitt. p. 177); id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 



90 (1883). 

 Conurus speculatus, Wied, MS., fide Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 



Hist. ii. p. 203(1889). 



Adult male. Dark green ; pileum brown, with the edges of the 

 feathers green ; frontal edge reddish brown : sides of the head, 

 including cheeks and ear-coverts, green ; sides of the neck, throat, 

 and breast with two narrow cross bands at the tip of the feathers, 

 one brown-grey and tho other blackish; rest of the underparts 

 with obsolete dusky edges to tho feathers ; outermost primaries 

 blue, edged with green on the outer webs ; first primary black, 

 with no green or blue ; primary- coverts red, tipped with yellow, 

 the yellow colour increasing on the innermost coverts ; greater 

 under wing-coverts and quills underneath blackish ; tail dark 

 brown-chestnut, with very little green at the base of the outer 

 web of the feathers, underneath darker, nearly black : bill pale 

 horn-brown ; feet blackish. Total length 9-3 inches, wing 4-8 

 tail 4-4, bill 0-65, tarsus 0-48. 



Hah. Upper Amazons Valley from Rio Negro to the base of the 

 Andes. 



a. <$ ad. sk. Guia, Amazons ( Wallace). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. Ad. st, Tocantins R., Amazons. H. W. Bates, Esq. [~C ] 



c. Ad. sk. Pebas, E. Peru {Hauxwelt). Sclater Coll. 



1 0. Pyrrhura souancei. 

 Conurus (sp. nov.), Sclat. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 70. 

 Microsittace souancei, Verr. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1858, p. 437, 



pi. xii. ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisbon, Psittaci, p. 9 (1809). 

 Conurus souancei, Sclat. Cat. Am. B. p. 350, n. 2087 (1802) • 



Sclat. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1800, p. 197, 1807, p. 753; Fmsch. 



Papag. i. p. 558 (1802), ii. pp. 937, 944 (1808); Gi.h. Thes. Orn. 



i. p. 707 (1872) ; Sclat. § Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 300 (partim) ; 



Sclat. 8? Salv. Nomencl. A v. Neotrop. p. 112, n. 43 (1873) • Tacz 



Sf Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 108 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 200, Tabl.' 



p. 99 (1880) ; Pelz. u. Lor. Ann. d. naturh. Hofmus. iii. p. 38 



(1888). V 



Pyrrhura souancei, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 149, n . 8128 (1870) • 



Bchnu: Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 288 (Consp. Psitt. p. 170): id'. 



Vogelbild. Nachtr. 88 (1883). 



Adult. Green ; pileum brown, feathers more or less edged with 

 greon ; cheeks and ear-coverts green ; throat and sides of the neck 

 brown, upper breast green, each feather with two cross bands, a 

 light brown one and a second blackish at the edge ; in some 



